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A man in a plain white dhoti and shirt with an orange saffron shawl draped over his shoulders stands in a small shop filled with shelves of packaged snacks, sweets and bottled goods. Flames rise from a dish or lamp set on the lower shelf in front of him, and a silver vessel sits beside the flame. A second man in white stands at left, a partial figure of another person is at the far left edge, and a videographer's camera is visible at the bottom left. Posters and calendars hang on the walls behind them. a person is not visibly identifiable from appearance alone, so this is a generic devotee role.

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Indoor ritual scene in a plain room with cream walls and fluorescent light. Three men in white dhotis and orange shawls perform an aarti: the man at centre holds a brass lamp with a tall flame, and smoke rises beside him. A man at lower left bends over offering plates. A man at right in white with an orange shawl photographs the scene. A small brass deity murti sits on a wooden stand decorated with pink flowers, with a lit oil lamp beside it. Several seated children and adults watch at lower right. On the wall a framed picture shows a woman in orange seated with garlands.2006-11-05Inside a retail shop, a man with long dark hair and a saffron-orange sleeveless robe strung with rudraksha beads stands at left, facing right, apparently speaking. Behind him on the wall hangs a gold-framed picture of deities garlanded with white and red flowers, and below it a framed portrait of a smiling man in a white turban and dark garment, with a red garland draped across its frame. 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An elderly man in white dhoti and shirt, a young man in a blue shirt, and women in pink and white saris watch and pray; a computer monitor, potted red flowers and a kalasha-style brass lamp stand on the counter. a person appearance: long swept-back hair and saffron-orange robe with red garland, conducting the aarti as a presiding figure. Garlands of yellow and red flowers hang across the shop window.2007-02-22February 22 20072007-02-22Indoor evening aarti at a hall with a bare concrete wall, a red-brown door and a metal scaffold frame. Several men in white dhoti-style clothes and white shirts hold brass aarti plates with lit oil lamps and flames, facing left. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe with dark hair holds a lamp plate. A man in an orange robe on the right operates a camera on a tripod. Behind the group, large framed portraits of a long-haired figure hang on the wall beside an orange and white banner, and a few seated people in white sit on the floor. 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